The three-cushion carom billiards World Cup held in Ho Chi Minh City concluded on May 22 with the overall championship victory going to Frederic Caudron from Belgium.

US Ambassador Ted Osius writes about the outstanding achievements of the 21-year relationship between Vietnam and the US and what lies ahead in this ongoing process.

Following the signing of the landmark TPP early this year, President Barack Obama’s visit to Vietnam this week is expected to bolster US investors’ confidence in the prospects of bilateral relations. 

VietNamNet Bridge - This morning thousands of Hanoi people gathered along the street to greet the visiting US President, Barack Obama.

 US President Obama plans to meet young entrepreneurs and members of the local business community at Dreamplex, a co-working space for startups in HCM City on May 24.

 V.League 1’s Quang Ninh Coal has agreed to let their midfielder Nghiem Xuan Tu have a trial period at Germany’s FC Kaiserslautern in August.

 Vietnam and the US have made several efforts to strengthen friendship through cultural exchanges but it isn’t enough for mutual understanding, according the president of the Vietnam-US Association.

 VietNamNet Bridge – The HCM City administration has approval a proposal from the government of Cu Chi District for a comprehensive inspection of the long-delayed US$500-million Sai Gon Safari Park project.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Paul Blackthorne distributed chocolate bars imprinted with his image and the slogan “Keep the Rhino Horny” to the media as gifts for their efforts in raising awareness for rhino conservation.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Manchester United legends Bryan Robson and Dwight Yorke thanked Vietnamese fans for their passion for the club at the recent ILOVEUNITED event in Ha Noi.

 Egypt has sent a robot submarine to join the hunt for an EgyptAir plane which crashed in some of the deepest waters of the Mediterranean Sea with 66 people on board,

Health officials said 279 pregnant women in the United States and U.S. territories have tested positive for Zika infection, prompting a new call from President Barack Obama for more funding to fight the outbreak spreading through the Americas.

  A number of international media outlets have covered US President Barack Obama’s first visit to Vietnam from May 23-25.

 The US completely lifts arms embargo on sales of lethal weapons to Vietnam, announced President Barack Obama who is on the first day of three-day official visit to the country.

While total receipts of the state in the first four months of the year were VND317 trillion, total expenses reached VND370 trillion. The Ministry of Finance’s April report released on May 9 once again showed that the state budget is limited.

VietNamNet Bridge – Besides O Quy Ho Pass, travelers are also attracted by the Muong Thanh green fields and the picturesque Pu Dao village.

VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam’s private airline VietJet and Boeing Group today finalized an order for 100 737 MAX 200 airplanes, the largest ever single commercial airplane purchase in Vietnam aviation worth US$11.3 billion.

Proper roadmap backed for tightening property loans, Universum names Vietnam’s most attractive employers, Siam Commercial Bank opens branch in HCM City, Nominees announced for 2016 Vietnam Property Awards

 British veteran director Ken Loach won his second Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival when "I, Daniel Blake", his latest social-realist drama, took the Best Picture award on Sunday.

VietNamNet Bridge - This morning, the welcome ceremony to US President Barack Obama took place at the Presidential Palace, as the first official activity of Obama’s visit to Vietnam.

Ngoc Hoang (Jade Emperor) is a pagoda more than 100 years old in District 1, Ho Chi Minh City. US President Barrack Obama may visit the temple on the afternoon of May 24. Let’s view the temple through pictures.

 The sixth Southern Land Cuisine Festival 2016 will take place from May 28 to June 1 at Dam Sen Park in District 11, HCMC, featuring a wide variety of specialties of the country’s southern region.

 The State Bank of Vietnam has confirmed that it has no plan to mobilize gold from the public for now due to risks though the Vietnam Gold Trading Association has proposed making full use of this huge yet idle resource.

 A number of the US newspapers have recently published articles highlighting the warming relationship between the US and Vietnam on the threshold of the US President’s visit to Vietnam.

The East Sea situation was the highlight of a debate recently held by Poland’s Centre for International Relations (CSM).